History Characters / DanganronpaAnotherFemaleStudents

* DefrostingIceQueen: She still acts quite condescending but she does show a softer side for her friends.

* HumanPincussion: Her eventual fate as she gets knives stabbed into pretty much every part of her body.

* ShotOut: Her death is based off of the children's game, Pop-up Pirate.

* BoobsOfSteel: She has a noticeable bust, which is immediately obvious from her profile image, and she's a skilled athlete.

* BareYourMidriff: Part of her cheerleader outfit.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Subverted. She tries to make herself look like one after the trial so everyone will feel less guilty about executing her, but Miwako sees through it due to her deliberate leg injury.

* ArmourPiercingSlap: Gives one to Tsurugi in Chapter 2 after he confirms he has no intention of protecting Rei, Kizuna and Kinji for not wanting to follow him, followed by a ReasonYouSuckSpeech about how quick he is to give up on people and assume the worst because of his BlackAndWhiteInsanity. This actually leaves him at a loss for words at first before he regains his composure.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: She's arguably the nicest of the students, yet she's also the most critical of Tsurugi's leadership after Chapter 2, even giving him an ArmorPiercingSlap.

* ShesGotLegs: She's always in her gym uniform, which puts her legs on full display.

She is framed by Monokuma for killing her childhood friend Yamato. Before facing her execution, she dies from brain damage through attempting to resist the side effects of the memory retention device.

[[spoiler: She is the second victim of Chapter 3 where Kinji kills her by electrocuting her in a pool of water]].

[[spoiler: She is the culprit of Chapter 4, having been convinced by Haruhiko to duel him with guns, not realizing he had rigged it in her favor in hopes of helping her escape.]]

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [Strapped into a Monokuma bot that moves at high speeds and jumps to iminitate her talent, she goes through a track course while being chased by a grinding machine, and gets [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe cuts in half when the finish line turn out to be a razor]], before the grinder catches up and destroys her remains.

* TakingTheBullet: She finishes off Kizuna in order to save Akane from becoming the blackened.]

* ExhaustedEyebags

* TheAtoner: After being stabbed by Akane, she writes the word 'MAID' so the others can know it was her who killed her. But when Ayame arrives to finish the job, Kizuna repents and changes the message to 'MAID X' meaning"not the maid".

* TheAtoner: After being stabbed by Akane, she writes the word 'MAID' so the others can know it was her who killed her. But when Ayame arrives to finish the job, Kizuna repents and changes the message to 'MAID WAS NOT'.

* GirlsWithGuns: During The Tragedy, Kiyoka would wield Yamato's super charged rifle to fend off the Monokuma drones]].

* BareYourMidriff: Part of her [[TheCheerleader cheerleader]] outfit.

* TheCheerleader: Her talent.

* [[MrExposition Ms. Exposition]]: She openly reveals the history of The Tragedy along with what really happened to the 79th class along with Utsuro's powers during the final trial.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: [[ElectrifiedBathtub Left tied up in a body of water and electrocuted to the point that her body and even her internal organs were severely burned]]. The sight of it is so gruesome that Yuki vomits and [[TheStoic Mikako]] [[NotSoStoic looks extremely shocked]].]]

* MurderIsTheBestSolution: ites this as why she finished off Kizuna, since even if she did rush to get help, it's very likely that Kizuna would have died from her stomach wound by the time she got back and that Akane would become the Blackened as a result. With that in mind, she felt that the only way to prevent Akane from becoming the Blackened was to [[ForcedIntoEvil to become it herself]].

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[ElectricBathtub Left tied up in a body of water and electrocuted to the point that her body and even her internal organs were severely burned]]. The sight of it is so gruesome that Yuki vomits and [[TheStoic Mikako]] [[NotSoStoic looks extremely shocked]].

* DisappointedInYou: Her reaction to Maeda crossing the DespairEventHorizon and giving a speech about how pointless it is to find a way, coming close to slapping before stopping and running off in angry tears, saying she at least expected him to not give up so easily. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone She does later regret this however]], acknowledging that Yuki is still only human and apologizes for her words to him.

* HeroicBSOD: Suffers one after Ayame is executed, which gets worse when Tsurugi [[KickTheDog claims the whole thing is her fault]] and tells her to kill herself. She ends up spending the first day of Chapter 3 in her room, and when she finally comes out she has DullEyesOfUnhappiness and won't say anything except Hatano's name.

* LuminescentBlush: When she has to don sleek, form-fitting dress for Monokuma's party in Chapter 4, she's sporting a notable blush, claiming she's not used to clothes like this. She sports it again when she, under threat of Monokuma, asks Maeda to dance with her.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Suffered this some time after she called out Maeda for crossing the DespairEventHorizon, recognizing that despite his optimism compared to the others, he's still only human, apologizing for it while the two dance together in Chapter 4.

* ShutUpHannibal: In Chapter 4, she gives a subdued one to Kinjo when he tries to pick on her again, stating that while she acknowledges that what she did was wrong, she's going to keep on living to honor Ayame's sacrifice and is going to try her best to help the others.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: She's nothing short of amused about how Kinjo, after he tried to force the others to kill themselves, was stopped and tied up due to sheer dumb luck.

** Subverted in Case 2. She initially takes the same stance she took in Case 1, but when everyone becomes stumped on who culprit is, she decides to step in and offer advice that they should consider the case from another angle, allowing them to figure out that Taira isn't Kizuna's killer, having stabbed her and left her alive for the real culprit to finish off.

** Surprisingly Subverted in Chapter 4, when everyone gets trapped in the ballroom with a limited food supply. For some reason, the limited amount of food keeps dropping more and more and everyone assumes that her and Kinjo, who aren't co-operating with them, are the ones responsible, only for them to reveal that they're only eating ''one meal'' a day that's of a similar size to the ones they're eating, not that the others believe them. It turns out the reason for the shortages is because Haruhiko and Satsuki, and Teruya secretly grabbing meals.
** After Satsuki's execution, Mekaru swears to abandon this stance and cooperate with the others in honour of her sacrifice, inspired by her willingness to put her life on the line for others.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: While she doesn't react to it as poorly as [[VillainousBreakdown Kinjo]], she's also sceptical of the idea that Haruhiko gave up his life for Satsuki and tried to make it so she could get away with it, on account of them only having met rather recently. And similarly, when Satsuki confirms that was the case and Rei realizes that she threw the chance to save her own skin, she's ''floored''.

* DisappointedInYou: While not as overt about it as Akane, she displays this towards Maeda, as well as Haruhiko and Teruya, for nearing the DespairEventHorizon.
* DissonantSerenity: Part of the reason why no one believes Maeda's accusation of her being the culprit; [[GracefulLoser she's]] ''[[GracefulLoser way]]'' [[GracefulLoser too chipper about being outed]].

* {{Hypocrite}}: When Kurokawa exposes Haruhiko as the one who was stealing the food and causing the food shortages in Chapter 4, she tries to call him out on it... only for Kurokawa to then reveals how ''she'' was doing it with him.

* RefugeInAudacity: Part of why no one believes she's the culprit in Haruhiko's murder when she confesses and Maeda initially outs her; the first time it's too out of the blue, and the second she comes off as too cheerful. Turns out this was intentional since, while she would rather die to save the others, she didn't want to completely dishonour Haruhiko's LastRequest.

[[spoiler: At the end of the 5th trial, Akane is revealed to be a member of Ultimate Despair who is working alongside the mastermind. She ends up dying in the final trial while protecting Rei]].

* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: {{Subverted}}. She feared she accidentally killed Kizuna in self-defense by stabbing her in the stomach, but it turns out Kizuna was still alive and that she was actually killed by Ayame.]]

* AttemptedSuicide: [[spoiler: Her below HeroicBSOD culminates in her trying to slit her wrists with the a pair of scissors, only to be stopped by Mikako reminding her that Ayame died to save her and that her last words was to tell her to live.]]

* BlatantLies: [[spoiler: To cover up her meeting and potential murder of Kizuna, she claims that she was in the kitchen preparing tomorrow's breakfast. This however creates a contradiction since, if she was in the kitchen and didn't see anyone, no one could have gotten the knife. In reality, Kizuna was the one who grabbed the knife and, after she stabbed her in self-defense, she went to wash off the blood before the body was discovered.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: She lost her parents at an early age and grew up in an orphanage. When the orphanage shut down, she took up a job as maid but could not afford housing or an education because of her low payment.
** [[spoiler:Later revelations explain that the orphanage that she was from was one that would physically and emotionally abuse the children there.]]

* DisappointedInYou: [[spoiler: Her reaction to Maeda crossing the DespairEventHorizon and giving a speech about how pointless it is to find a way, coming close to slapping before stopping and running off in angry tears, saying she at least expected him to not give up so easily. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone She does later regret this however]], acknowledging that Yuki is still only human and apologizes for her words to him.]]
* DoYouTrustMe: [[spoiler: Despite pledging her loyalty to him, Utsuro would constantly question Akane if she was truly committed to the despair agenda]].
* TheDragon: [[spoiler: She admits to being only a member of Ultimate Despair working for the mastermind that is ''Utsuro'']].
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: For a majority of the game, Akane's hair is kept nice and tidy. [[spoiler: When her true personality as an Ultimate Despair is revealed, she lets her hair loose revealing it to be longer and wilder]].
* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler: When she's revealed as a member of Ultimate Despair, her personality drastically changes making her akin to [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Junko Enoshima]]]].
* TheHeart: She's a constant source of positivity in the group. [[spoiler: With her HeroicBSOD in Chapter 3, the general mood among the students is brought down, and her finally snapping out of it raises everyone's spirits.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: After Utsuro decides to kill the remaining survivors after they each fell into despair, Akane steps in to stop the Monokumas from hurting them. Utsuro accuses her of feeling sympathy for them and she neither confirms nor denies it]].
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Suffers one after Ayame is executed, which gets worse when Tsurugi [[KickTheDog claims the whole thing is her fault]] and tells her to kill herself. She ends up spending the first day of Chapter 3 in her room, and when she finally comes out she has DullEyesOfUnhappiness and won't say anything except Hatano's name.]]

* TheLoad: Sees herself as this in regards to escaping the school, with her talent being unsuited to the circumstances, so after [[spoiler: she breaks out of her HeroicBSOD from Ayame's death]] she resolves to be TheHeart.
* LoveMartyr: [[spoiler:Knows what Utsuro is doing is completely wrong, but is ultimately willing to do whatever he wishes because he's the one who saved her.]]

* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler: After Ayame's execution and Tsurugi's KickTheDog moment aimed at her, all she can do is repeatedly say "I'm sorry."]]

* [[MrExposition Ms. Exposition]]: [[spoiler: She openly reveals the history of The Tragedy along with what really happened to the 79th class along with Utsuro's powers during the final trial]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Suffered this some time after she called out Maeda for crossing the DespairEventHorizon, recognizing that despite his optimism compared to the others, he's still only human, apologizing for it while the two dance together in Chapter 4.]]

* ThePollyanna: Despite the hardships she faced in the past, Akane still remains cheerful and does her best to endure any problems. [[spoiler:This completely falls apart on her regaining her true memories, showing her to be an emotionally damaged individual.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: In the final trial, Akane ends up gaining a sense of hope after listening to her classmates fight for their lives. When Utsuro has Monokuma attack them, she jumps in front of the attack and receives a devastating wound]].
* SelfHarm: [[spoiler:She cuts her wrists with a pair of scissors in Chapter 3.]]
* ShutUpHannibal: [[spoiler: In Chapter 4, she gives a subdued one to Kinjo when he tries to pick on her again, stating that while she acknowledges that what she did was wrong, she's going to keep on living to honor Ayame's sacrifice and is going to try her best to help the others.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: She foils Kinji's attempt at a FrameUp on Kanata because she attempted to open the science lab door, which was locked while Kanata was supposedly commiting her crime.]]
* TakeMeInstead: [[spoiler: Attempts to invoke this in Chapter 2, asking Monokuma to execute her instead of Ayame since the whole thing was her fault. It doesn't work.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler: Despite not being personally invested in the goals of Ultimate Despair, she acts as a member out of loyalty to Utsuro for saving her in the past.]]
* UnholyMatrimony: [[spoiler:It's ''heavily'' suggested that Utsuro returns her affections to the extent he can, and he certainly doesn't hold her PetTheDog moment against her.]]
* UnnecessaryCombatRoll: [[spoiler: After revealing her true personality, Akane as a tendency to do somersaults when meeting with her classmates or exiting a room]].
* UnreliableExpositor: [[spoiler:Due to the false memories that she's been given upon entering the Killing Game, a large amount of exposition that she gives about her past in her Free Time Events is either outright false, or missing details. These details mostly involve her experience that she received at the orphanage she grew up in, and what she knows about Utsuro, the person who saved her.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Undergoes this in the Bad Ending of the Chapter 6 trial, when Yuki regains his memories as Utsuro, but keeps his personality intact, ultimately preventing Utsuro's personality from resurfacing.]]

[[spoiler: She is the culprit of Chapter 2, finishing off an already wounded Kizuna.]]

* BestFriend: Quickly becomes this with Akane. [[spoiler: This devastates Akane when she's revealed as the culprit in Case 2.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: {{Subverted}}. She tries to make herself look like one after the trial so everyone will feel less guilty about executing her, but Miwako sees through it due to her deliberate leg injury.]]

* BoobyTrap: During the investigation of [[spoiler: Kizuna's murder]], she falls victim to a razor wire trap that cuts her thigh. [[spoiler: It turns out it was set up by her as part of a WoundedGazelleGambit.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Strapped into a Monokuma bot that moves at high speeds and jumps to iminitate her talent, she goes through a track course while being chased by a grinding machine, and gets [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe cuts in half when the finish line turn out to be a razor]], before the grinder catches up and destroys her remains.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: After she's found out and explains everything, she's happy that she was able to save Akane and faces her execution peacefully, asking Akane to live.]]
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler: Is bisected when the vehicle she's strapped into reaches the finish line towards the end of her execution.]]
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Her WoundedGazelleGambit gets outed by the ''back'' of her thigh getting cut to make the wound more grievous, when she was walking towards to trap, which realistically should have cut the front of her leg.]]
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: [[spoiler: Cites this as why she finished off Kizuna, since even if she did rush to get help, it's very likely that Kizuna would have died from her stomach wound by the time she got back and that Akane would become the Blackened as a result. With that in mind, she felt that the only way to prevent Akane from becoming the Blackened was to [[ForcedIntoEvil to become it herself.]]]]

* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:She finishes off Kizuna in order to save Akane from becoming the blackened.]]

* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler: Subverted. As part of her plan to save Akane, Ayame cripples her own leg, initially seeming like she set it up to make it look like she wasn't the culprit. However, she admits that if she'd escaped, she would've considered never running again fitting a punishment for committing murder.]]
* ZeroApprovalGambit: [[spoiler: Attempts to pull this after the trial, claiming she'd been EvilAllAlong. Mikako sees through it easily though.]]

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: [[ElectricBathtub Left tied up in a body of water and electrocuted to the point that her body and even her internal organs were severely burned]]. The sight of it is so gruesome that Yuki vomits and [[TheStoic Mikako]] [[NotSoStoic looks extremely shocked.]]]]
* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: {{Downplayed}} in Case 2, considering the Blackened's intentions. [[spoiler: She's quick to jump to Ayame's defense when she starts being outed as the Blackened, unable to comprehend that she'd go as far as to potentially cripple herself. Yuki retorts that the culprit [[WoundedGazelleGambit wanted them to think that.]]]]

* LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: Being a surgeon, she goes around wearing one. [[spoiler: In Case 3, it's used to clean the art room of the blood that resulted from Kakeru's near beheading.]]

* NiceGirl: One of the nicer girls among the cast. [[spoiler: While she's a part of the new group isolating him, she, along with Satsuki, seems to be the only one willing to believe in Yuki, apologizing for not being able to convince them to give him a chance.]]

[[spoiler: She is the first victim where Mitsuhiro bashes her head with a hammer and makes it look as if she committed suicide by hanging]].

* ActionGirl: [[spoiler: Kiyoka gets to show her action side while defending her friends and classmates from the Monokuma drones]].
* BerserkerTears: [[spoiler: She gets these during her final stand against the Monokuma raid at the Kisaragi Foundation]].
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: Kiyoka ends up being the last line of defense as Utsuro and the Monokumas take over the Kisaragi Foundation]].

* {{Expy}}: Believe it or not, she brings to mind [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Mukuro Ikusaba]]. They're both introduced as blonde girly girls who end up revealing to have a militaristic themed talent. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, she also ends up dying in the first chapter like Mukuro]].

* GirlsWithGuns: [[spoiler: During The Tragedy, Kiyoka would wield Yamato's super charged rifle to fend off the Monokuma drones]].

* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: While his original target was Tsurugi, Mitch was forced to switch to Kiyoka after the note confusion since she could have potentially outed him to the other students.]]

[[spoiler: She is the victim of Chapter 2, having tried to kill Akane, only to get stabbed instead. She was shortly after finished off by Ayame.]]

* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: [[spoiler: During her final free time event, Kizuna suddenly tries to get Yuki to sleep with her. He doesn't and she's baffled why he, out of all the guys she's ever met, doesn't like her back. Yuki talks her out of it quickly though.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Akane at least seems to see her as this, since she attempted to persuade her into helping kill Yuki because he apparently knew the Mastermind's identity and tried to kill her when she refused because SheKnowsTooMuch, during which she admits that she was ready to kill someone since day 2.]]
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: After being stabbed by Akane, she writes the word 'MAID' so the others can know it was her who killed her. But when Ayame arrives to finish the job, Kizuna repents and changes the message to 'MAID WAS NOT']].

* BeneathTheMask: She tries putting up a snarky and rude front in front of the others after she leaves the group, but Yuki and Akane discover her crying the evening after the secrets motive is revealed, bemoaning how she's alone. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope She may have been faking this.]]]]
* BewareTheSillyOnes: She's a GenkiGirl cheerleader with NoSenseOfPersonalSpace but, after everyone sees their motive videos in Chapter 1, she's the first to seriously consider murder when everyone contemplates how to escape. She also becomes extremely aggressive during the trial for [[spoiler: Kiyoka's death.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She's friendly and cheerful on the surface, but she shows off her selfish and spiteful personality during the first trial. And if that wasn't enough, [[spoiler: she instantly concocted an elaborate murder plan right after the first trial was finished]].
** {{Deconstructed}} in her free time events. [[spoiler: Kizuna grew up surrounded by guys who only ever cared about her looks, so she decided to use them to her advantage. This allowed her to get pretty much anything she wanted, but it also meant she had no close friends or even a real boyfriend, so she had no one to open to and could never really be herself out of fear of being seen as weak. She also ''really'' distrusts any guys who didn't like her back.]]
* TheCheerleader: Her official talent.
* CouldntFindAPen: [[spoiler: After she's stabbed, she attempts to write "maid"[[note]] meido[[/note]] in katakana to indict Akane, but corrects it after Ayame comes in and finishes the job, placing an "X" next to it to draw suspicion away from Akane.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Despite being the victim, her death is particularly brutal; stabbed in the stomach and then the throat, yet she was still alive for another thirty minutes. Kanata notes that her death must have been agonising.]]
* {{Expy}}: She brings to mind [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Sayaka Maizono]] as she too is a cheerful girl who performs for large audiences. [[spoiler: And just like the idol herself, her plan to commit murder backfires with her becoming a victim and leaving a dying message for the others to find]].

* GoldDigger: [[spoiler: Chapter 0]] reveals that she has a greedy side and [[spoiler: would frequently extort money from her male classmates so she could buy expensive things for herself]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: When Teruya once again clarifies that [[spoiler: he didn't kill Kiyoka]], she quips that it's making him look more suspicious, only for Haruhiko to point out that her earlier response to the girls being suspected was also pretty suspicious.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Despite the IWorkAlone attitude she takes after Chapter 1, she's discovered crying to herself about how lonely she feels. [[spoiler: turns out [[BitchInSheepsClothing this may have been a lie.]]]]

[[spoiler: She is framed by Monokuma for killing her childhood friend Yamato. Before facing her execution, she dies from brain damage through attempting to resist the side effects of the memory retention device]].

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Before the killing game began, Mikako found a way to retain her memories using Yamato's machine. Unfortunately, one of the side effects involve massive migraines that made it difficult for her to speak or interact with others]].
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: Decides to communicate with her classmates and die from the effects of further brain damage before she's subjected to execution]].
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: When everyone seems close to voting Akane as the culprit in Case 2 due to the revelation of the dying message, Mikako interjects and points out that the issue of Ayame's injury.]]
* ChildhoodFriends: She's revealed to be this with [[spoiler: Yamato]].
* ConnectedAllAlong: [[spoiler: Chapter 0 from VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpaAnother2 reveals that Mikako is the estranged daughter of [[SmartGirl Kokoro Mitsume]]]].

* DesecratingTheDead: [[spoiler: Even after she dies from brain damage, Monokuma insists on having her executed just for the sake of following the trial rules]].
* TheDeterminator: [[spoiler: Before her personality was altered, Mikako is shown to have a confident and defiant spirit. She wasn't afraid to speak up against anything that was wrong and always maintained hope]].

* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler: She ends up one for Kyoko, being the {{Stoic}} yet intelligent member of the cast who acts as a {{Mentor}} of sorts in solving cases, but is hiding a bunch of secrets that she can't tell the others, which causes TheRival to suspect her of working for the mastermind.]]
* FrameUp: [[spoiler:In Chapter 5, she's set up as Yamato's killer]].
* TheLeader: She, surprisingly enough, appears to take this role among the student after [[spoiler: they decide to stop following Tsurugi]]. She organizes everyone, including Tsurugi, Yuki, Rei and Kinji, to come together to share their findings.

* NotHelpingYourCase: [[spoiler: Her quiet nature works against her case 2 when she arrives late to the Class Trial, something the others, namely Tsurugi, finds suspicious. In actuality, as she reveals to Yuki to elevator ride, she was checking the kitchen and found the knife used to stab Kizuna came from there.]]

** She also appears surprised after [[spoiler: Akane screams and runs off after the Chapter 3 motive announcement.]]
** Her expression when she's told that [[spoiler: Kanata, Kakeru, Kinji, Tsurugi and Rei]] haven't arrived for breakfast in Chapter 3 just screams "OhCrap".

** [[spoiler: She actually raises her voice to talk Yuki, Teruya and Haruhiko out of crossing the DespairEventHorizon and spending the rest of their lives in the academy, pleading for them to keep trying to escape.]]
** [[spoiler: She loses her cool during the events of the 5th trial where she desperately claims to not be Yamato's killer]].
** As shown in [[spoiler: Chapter 0, Mikako used to be a lot more cheerful and interactive before the events of the killing game]].
* TheQuietOne: She hardly says a word. [[spoiler: Much like her muted emotions, this is one of the side effects of using the memory retention device.]]
* ThrowingOffTheDisability: [[spoiler: At the end of the fifth trial, she shows her emotions and communicates normally with her classmates. Unfortunately, the final trial reveals powering through the side effects of the memory retention device to accomplish this is what ended up causing the further brain damage that ended up killing her.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Before The Tragedy began, she realized that her friend Yamato was keeping secrets from her. After he brushes off her concerns like no big deal, she slaps her and runs away crying]].
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: [[spoiler: Is the one to finally snap Akane out of her HeroicBSOD by reminding her of Ayame's last words, and telling her that she deserves to live.]]

[[spoiler: She is one of the three survivors of the Killing Game]].

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: She's nothing short of amused about how [[spoiler: Kinjo, after he tried to force the others to kill themselves, was stopped and tied up due to sheer dumb luck.]]

** Based on the video of [[spoiler: the corpses of the orphanage children]], the photo Yuki found, and the letter about Hope's Peak shutting down, she's able to hypothesize that [[spoiler: the group were likely trapped in Hope's Peak much longer than they thought, and they may have lost their memories of their time attending because of Monokuma.]] The trial revealing that [[spoiler: Haruhiko discovering the treasure and being given a photo of him and Satsuki dating solidifies this theory.]]

** In Chapter 1, everyone suspects she [[spoiler: killed Kiyoka]] after she arrives to the crime scene late, with her disregard over [[spoiler: her]] death not helping in making her appear innocent. Instead of simply explaining that Kakeru can provide her an alibi since they ran into each other around six, [[spoiler: which is when Kiyoka was being murdered]], she opts to keep it to herself and not properly explain what kept her, and when Yuki directly questions her on it she repeatedly calls him an idiot before directing him to the "muscle lawyer".
** Later on, when discussing how the culprit [[spoiler: could have hanged Kiyoka if they were a boy]], Tsurugi realizes that she figured it out and asks her to tell, only for her to remain adamant about not helping, and uses the chance to deflect the question to Yuki just to call him an idiot again.
** {{Subverted}} in Case 2. She initially takes the same stance she took in Case 1, but when everyone becomes stumped on who culprit is, she decides to step in and offer advice that they should consider the case from another angle, [[spoiler: allowing them to figure out that Taira isn't Kizuna's killer, having stabbed her and left her alive for the real culprit to finish off.]]
** When Yuki asks her why [[spoiler: she demanded he show her his right hand after he got her out of the locker in Chapter 3, she refuses to answer.]] Later on, when what she saw needs to be used to finally pinpoint the culprit, she effectively refuses the say it until [[spoiler: Kinji presses her BerserkButton and claims she "doesn't know anything", prompting her to reveal it as payback.]]
** Surprisingly {{Subverted}} in Chapter 4, [[spoiler: when everyone gets trapped in the ballroom with a limited food supply. For some reason, the limited amount of food keeps dropping more and more and everyone assumes that her and Kinjo, who aren't co-operating with them, are the ones responsible, only for them to reveal that they're only eating ''one meal'' a day that's of a similar size to the ones they're eating, not that the others believe them. It turns out the reason for the shortages is because Haruhiko and Satsuki, and Teruya secretly grabbing meals.]]
** [[spoiler: After Satsuki's execution, Mekaru swears to abandon this stance and cooperate with the others in honour of her sacrifice, inspired by her willingness to put her life on the line for others.]]
* BerserkButton: Insulting her intellect. [[spoiler: Just ask Kinji.]]
* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler: Aware of the risks of wandering around at night, she had luminous paint, among other things, on her person in the event that she's attacked so she can leave evidence as to who did it, which is what's used to implicate Kinji in Chapter 3.]]

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler: While she doesn't react to it as poorly as [[VillainousBreakdown Kinjo]], she's also sceptical of the idea that Haruhiko gave up his life for Satsuki and tried to make it so she could get away with it, on account of them only having met rather recently. And similarly, when Satsuki confirms that was the case and Rei realizes that she threw the chance to save her own skin, she's ''floored''.]]
* {{Expy}}: She's practically [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Byakuya Togami]] if he was a girl.

** ZigZagged in Chapter 1. She's quick to point out that [[spoiler: her being the last to arrive at the girl's bathroom where Kiyoka died]] doesn't automatically make her the culprit. However, the students aren't wrong to suspect her since she decides to BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible and not outright explain why she's innocent. This leads to everyone suspecting her and, instead of explaining during the trial when Kizuna accusses her, she continues to be uncooperative, making her look more suspicious until Yuki and Kakeru confirm her alibi.

** She's quick to point that [[spoiler: Tsurugi's string trick to make sure everyone didn't come out at night isn't very valid, since there's no way to prove he actually did it.]]
** In a rare PetTheDog example, she's very critical of the other's claim of ThePowerOfFriendship and working together when they're so willing to distrust and isolate Yuki because [[spoiler: [[BigBad Monokuma]] insinuated that he's TheMole.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: After spending most of the game being an InsufferableGenius with a LackOfEmpathy, [[spoiler: she ends up being attacked and stuff in a locker in Chapter 3.]]

* NervesOfSteel: [[spoiler: Despite being attacked and stuffed into a locker in Chapter 3, aside from some minor embarrassment in needing Yuki's help to escape, she gets over it relatively quickly and immediately starts investigating.]]

* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler: All throughout the final trial, Rei loses her haughtiness at various points in the trial. Such as when Utsuro reveals the real reason as to why her parents abandoned her to when Akane sacrifices herself to save her]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler: In Chapter 4 shortly after exposing Teruya as one of the food thieves and causing a rift in the group, she attempts to taunt Yuki the day after over it, but when he snipes back that she's in hot water herself with all the food gone, she actually stops and admits he has a point before leaving, which actually catches Yuki off guard.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Rei's parents and her family by extension abandoned her when she was a girl. Believing that they never loved her, Rei developed a bitter resentment towards them. [[spoiler: But according to Utsuro, the reason they abandoned her was because they were having financial difficulties with operating their bank and they did not want their beloved daughter to suffer for their mistakes]].

** Despite her generally callous attitude, [[spoiler: and insinuating that she secretly desired to escape, she does commend Ayame's courage for killing Kizuna to spare Akane from being the Blackened. And even then, she acknowledges that she was definitely more conflicted about escaping than Mitsuhiro.]]
** [[spoiler: When everyone doubts Yuki's claims of finding a group photo due to his possible status as TheMole, which isn't helped by Monokuma taking the photo to prevent him from showing them, she actually backs him up and confirms that Monokuma did take it, even calling them out on inviting him to the meeting only to fling doubt and mistrust at him.]]

* TheProfessor: [[SarcasmMode It's her talent]].

* BigEater: {{Deconstructed}}. [[spoiler: In chapter 4 after Monokuma locks them on the 4th Floor, she and Haruhiko, being LockedOutOfTheLoop, end up eating almost all the food in the dining hall, effectively leaving everyone to starve.]]

** In Chapter 4, [[spoiler: the 4th Floor contains a armoury full of weapons. When Satsuki suggest blowing up the door, Haruhiko, not knowing about it and assuming it's another of her random jokes, doesn't believe and does the usual StraightMan routine.]]
** Later on in Chapter 4, [[spoiler: Satsuki attempts to simply confess to killing Haruhiko and end the trial then and there, but all the evidence Teruya left behind in his murder plan and her inability to explain why Haruhiko's hand exploded ends up making her attempt at an early confession this, which isn't helped when Rei claims she's trying to get everyone killed in her grief over his death and accuses her of intentionally misdirecting everyone. She then decides to just let the trial play out under Kurukawa's advice so everyone will be convinced. That being said, it's {{Implied}} that this was {{Invoked}} on her part so she could honour Haruhiko's LastRequest in some manner.]]

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Stuffed into a barrel and stabbed by Monokuma's throwing a bunch of throwing knives, before the barrel launches her into ceiling and crashing her head through it.]]

* DissonantSerenity: [[spoiler: Part of the reason why no one believes Maeda's accusation of her being the culprit; [[GracefulLoser she's]] ''[[GracefulLoser way]]'' [[GracefulLoser too chipper about being outed]].]]
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Her LastWords are one to Haruhiko (who’s also dead).]]
* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: Despite their actions leading to the food to run out in Chapter 4, everyone sans Teruya effectively let her and Haruhiko off so long as they promise to put more effort into investigating.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: While she was always willing to die if it meant helping the others, she's quick to accept her execution if it meant the others lived to take on Monokuma, and [[TogetherInDeath partly because she didn't want to live in a world without Haruhiko in it.]]]]

* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: When Kurokawa exposes Haruhiko as the one who was stealing the food and causing the food shortages in Chapter 4, she tries to call him out on it... only for Kurokawa to then reveals how ''she'' was doing it with him.]]
* InspirationalMartyr: [[spoiler: In a similar vein to Sakura, her death serves to inspire the other students to rebel against Monokuma.]]

* TheNeedsOfTheMany: [[spoiler: She's one of the few to agree with Teruya's idea for two people to sacrifice themselves by becoming a victim and culprit respectively, albeit in the context of sacrificing herself for the others.]]
* NiceGirl: Behind her eccentricities, Satsuki is a very kind individual. [[spoiler: When everyone suspects Yuki of being TheMole, she tries to invite him to play poker with her and Haruhiko despite the latter's protests, and is the one who convinces everyone to give him a chance and re-include him in the group.]]

* OddCouple: [[spoiler: In Chapter 4, a dying [[AcePilot Haruhiko]] reveals that he and Satsuki used to be an item before they lost their memories]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: As a sign of how close they were, [[spoiler: she's sobbing over Haruhiko's death even as she eats. Not comical crying like we normally see from her, but ''actual'' crying. Afterwards, she's almost completely silent and doesn't act in her normal eccentric manner.]] This is likely in part because [[spoiler: she's the one who killed him against her will.]]

* RefugeInAudacity: [[spoiler: Part of why no one believes she's the culprit in Haruhiko's murder when she confesses and Maeda initially outs her; the first time it's too out of the blue, and the second she comes off as too cheerful. Turns out this was intentional since, while she would rather die to save the others, she didn't want to completely dishonour Haruhiko's LastRequest.]]
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: While she's quick to confess to killing Haruhiko, she's rather tight-lipped about her motives, just claiming that she found having to hide it too troublesome. The truth of the matter is that, she and Haruhiko had a duel that he rigged in her favour.]]

* WrongGenreSavvy: When Kinji finds a cell phone, she's quick to assume it's actually broken and is merely there as HopeSpot. Turns out it's perfectly functional and even has a charger, much to her shock though it isn't getting any signal. [[spoiler: Ironically enough, it does end up broken later when it's used to electrocute Kanata.]]
* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler: She decided to approach Haruhiko's plan to save her in this manner; either she lives at the expense of the others and honours Haruhiko's LastRequest, or she's outed and the others get to live while she joins Haru in the afterlife.]]